Django, request.user is always Anonymous User

Question

I am using a custom authentication backend for Django (which runs off couchdb). I have a custom user model.

As part of the login, I am doing a request.user = u

Answer 1

In case you are using an API (Django-rest-framework) and accessing a view using a get, post, etc. methods.

You can get a user by sending the Bearer/JWT token corresponding to that user.

Wrong

# prints Anonymous User

def printUser(request):
   print(request.user)

Correct

# using decorators 
# prints username of the user 

@api_view(['GET'])  # or ['POST'] .... according to the requirement
def printUser()
    print(request.user)